WD proper setup-bars-and level tow vehicle
I am using a vintage Suburban 4x4 towing a 19f Mallard around seeing the kids and sights. My Suburban is a k1500. 16" tires. The hitch is a 10k hitch installed after-the-fact when we bought it last ...
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For a tow vehicle that old. the instruction on using a WDH are. Take it to a level parking lot. Unhook. just raise the tongue off the ball. Measure the front bumper to the ground. Measure the rear bumper to the ground. Write it down
Hook up. adjust the springer bars / weight bars until the front bumper is with in 1/4 inch of where it was before you hooked back up, and that the rear is no higher hooked up than it was unhooked. Yes you can raise the rear too high.
Remember the bars should be level with the tongue. Use the hitch angle to lean them back, or raise them. The more angle toward the trailer the hitch head has on it. the more weight the WDH will transfer. You can pull one link more or less to get the bars level, and pull more or less, but if that don't work. you will need to adjust the hitch head angle.
Once you get the front of the Tv back to where it should be. The rear of the TV will usually take care of itself. You should have no problems towing once this is all done. Get the hitch right, and then add sway control.
If the trailer is too high in the front or too low in the front. You will need to raise, or lower the hitch head on the shank. Getting the WDH correct is the key to ease of towing. Really not that hard.
Spend time getting the hitch right, and you will have no sway in normal driving.
Hook up. adjust the springer bars / weight bars until the front bumper is with in 1/4 inch of where it was before you hooked back up, and that the rear is no higher hooked up than it was unhooked. Yes you can raise the rear too high.
Remember the bars should be level with the tongue. Use the hitch angle to lean them back, or raise them. The more angle toward the trailer the hitch head has on it. the more weight the WDH will transfer. You can pull one link more or less to get the bars level, and pull more or less, but if that don't work. you will need to adjust the hitch head angle.
Once you get the front of the Tv back to where it should be. The rear of the TV will usually take care of itself. You should have no problems towing once this is all done. Get the hitch right, and then add sway control.
If the trailer is too high in the front or too low in the front. You will need to raise, or lower the hitch head on the shank. Getting the WDH correct is the key to ease of towing. Really not that hard.
Spend time getting the hitch right, and you will have no sway in normal driving.
